The University Kansan.
The official paper of the University of Kansas.
EDITORIAL STAFF:
JOSEPH W. MURRAY - Editor-in-Chief
EARL FISCHER - Managing Editor
BUSINESS STAFF;
MEMBERS OF BOARD.
BUSINESS START
HOMER BERGER -- Business Manager
CLARK WALLAGE - Asst. Bus. Manager
HENRY F. DRAPER -- Treasurer
J. E. MILLER -- Circulation Mgr
LOUIS LACOSS CARL CANNON
M. D. BAER RALPH SPOTTS
GEORGE MARSH PAUL E. FLAGG
Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1910, at the postoffice at Lawrence. Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879.
Published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the school year, by the Kansas University Publishing Association.
Address all business communications to Homer Berger, Business Manager, 1411 Tennessee street, Lawrence, Kan.; all other communications to Joseph W. Murray, 1341 Ohio street, Lawrence, Kansas.
Subscription price, $1.50 per year, in advance; one term, 75e; time subscriptions, $1.75 per year.
Office in basement of Fraser Hall. Phone, Bell, K U. 25.
TUESDAY, FEB. 28, 1911.
GOMING EVENTS.
March 3—Phi Beta Kappa address.
March 10—Indoor Track Meet at Kansas City.
March 15—Sylvia Pankhurst address.
March 23-24-25—High School Conference.
March 31—Engineers' Day.
April 7—Sophomore Prom.
April 28—Junior Prom.
April 24-28—Dr. Zueblin Lectures
THE UNIVERSITY AND POLI TICS
The University has been "in politics" this year to an extent unprecedented. The amount of the appropriations for state education has become a bone of contention between the two factions that are struggling for the mastery in Kansas politics. As a result, appropriations are being cut down on the grounds of "economy" in order that politicians may "go before the people" with a good record. And therefore education is getting less money than it really needs.
The situation in politics which has caused the paring down of University appropriations will be changed entirely and forgotten within a year or two. It will not even be remembered by the legislators that the University appropriation was cut down to contribute toward the political advantage of one side or the other. But the University for years to come may feel the handicap which has been imposed upon it.
What better argument is needed for a mill tax, a system of support which will insure the steady growth of the University and free it from the danger of becoming involved in petty politics?
THE KANSAN CHANGES.
The term of the present editorial board of The Kansan draws to a close with this issue of the paper. For the support which the University public has given the University Kansan in the past year, for the appreciation which has greeted the efforts of the paper to serve its readers and the toleration which has been manifested toward its shortcomings, the board is duly grateful. The present board has had a good deal of fun and satisfaction in its capacity of recorder and critic of University events and University life, while at times the drudgery of the position seemed predominant. It is with mingled satisfaction and regret, therefore, that the retiring officers turn over the responsibilities and the pleasures of University newspaper work to the new board of editors and managers. The prospects are that The Kansan will have many opportunities for improvement in the immediate future, and the newly elected board is competent to make the most of them.
UNIVERSITY MORALS.
The standard of morality and behavior is necessarily higher at the University than it is in the other communities of the state. A standard which is good enough for other communities is not necessarily good enough for the University, for it is an institution dedicated to progress in morals and conduct as well as in academic learning, and the state demands that the University shall serve as a model for the rest of the commonwealth to follow. It is for this reason that the report
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that University students have been gambling will occasion a commotion in Kansas that could not be created by the report that gambling is going on anywhere else in the state. Every student of the University has resting upon him the responsibility of
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Never were so many entirely new and smart ideas incorporated in a line of Men's Shirts. You'd almost think the Manhattan people have cornered the market on beautiful patterns—especially the rich effects in pastel stripes, 2,3 and 4-tone combination colors, etc., etc. Everything about them proves their right to the title, "Best Shirts in the world."
living up to the high standard of conduct which the state expects of the University community. A few young men have fallen below this standard, and though the reports which have gone out about their action have represented conditions as being worse than the facts warrant, the University must "stand" for the stories. Doubtless among the students who cried out against the story which appeared in a Kansas City paper last night as misrepresenting the facts and being of a kind which will hurt the University, were some of the very men whose actions gave a basis for the news article. A newspaper is to be held strictly accountable for statements it makes which are not in accord with facts,of course, but the students whose actions have been in contravention of the University standards must remember that they have equal responsibility for the consequences of their acts. A pitifully small amount of misbehavior can hurt the University and, since this is so, the injunction is all the more binding on every student to see that his conduct comports with University standards.
Chancellor Strong's action in setting a time limit upon the Junior Prom is a step toward correcting a condition which has occasioned much criticism of the University and will lead to more criticism if it is continued. The allnight party doubtless has a novelty all its own, but if students of the University can derive any profit from such novelty, the fact is yet to be established.
Kemp Losing Caste.
Harry Kemp offers to go up in a flying machine for a meal ticket. But would not, we desire to ask, would not a meal ticket endanger Mr. Kemp's standing as a tramp?—Dodd Gaston in The Topeka Capital.
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A good assortment of reception sticks for parties and encertainments. See them at Wiedemann's.
Don't forget the Hiawatha after the dance.